Project Summary

Deployed a secure, production-ready n8n automation server on AWS using Docker, Nginx, and PostgreSQL, with HTTPS encryption and webhook functionality.

Objective

Build and deploy a fully functional automation server that is:

Secure (HTTPS + firewall)
Scalable (containerized)
Persistent (database-backed)
Observable (logs + monitoring)
Production-ready

🧱 Architecture Overview

Client Request
↓
Domain (DNS)
↓
Nginx Reverse Proxy
↓
n8n (Docker Container)
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PostgreSQL Database

⚙️ Tech Stack

Layer	Technology Used
Cloud Provider	AWS EC2
OS	Ubuntu 22.04
Containerization	Docker + Docker Compose
Reverse Proxy	Nginx
Automation Tool	n8n
Database	PostgreSQL
SSL	Certbot (Let’s Encrypt)

🔐 Security Implementation

Configured UFW firewall
Restricted internal service to 127.0.0.1
Implemented HTTPS with SSL certificate
Enabled Basic Auth for n8n
Secured server via SSH key authentication